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Information technology, development, and social change [electronic resource] / edited by Fay Patel ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge studies in development and society ; 32.Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2012.Description: xxii, 157 p. : illISBN:
  • 9780203121207 (e-book : PDF)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleOnline resources: Also available in print edition.
Contents:
pt. 1. Alternative perspectives on the diffusion of innovations and international development -- pt. 2. Innovative technology : impact on developing communities -- pt. 3. International development : critical perspectives on health, poverty and environment.
Summary: "The speed and cost effectiveness of new information technology has prompted many to view these innovations as a panacea for social and economic development. However, such a view flies in the face of continuing inequities in education, health, food, and infrastructure. This volume explores these issues - along with questions of access, privilege, literacy, training, and the environmental and health effects of information technologies in the developing world - arguing that a higher level of development does not always result from a higher level of technologization."-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

pt. 1. Alternative perspectives on the diffusion of innovations and international development -- pt. 2. Innovative technology : impact on developing communities -- pt. 3. International development : critical perspectives on health, poverty and environment.

"The speed and cost effectiveness of new information technology has prompted many to view these innovations as a panacea for social and economic development. However, such a view flies in the face of continuing inequities in education, health, food, and infrastructure. This volume explores these issues - along with questions of access, privilege, literacy, training, and the environmental and health effects of information technologies in the developing world - arguing that a higher level of development does not always result from a higher level of technologization."-- Provided by publisher.

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